South Hills power outage: City Power reports full restoration
City Power says electricity has been fully restored to customers in South Hills supplied by Moffat Substation in Johannesburg. The operator attributes the outage reported on 27 October 2026 to a cable fault. The exact start of the interruption, restoration completion time and number of affected customers remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports full restoration in South Hills; the statement does not establish restoration across every Moffat circuit.
Source moment: Oct 27, 2026, 09:15 PM UTC (11:15 PM local time)
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City Power reports full restoration for South Hills customers supplied by Moffat Substation.
The operator attributes the outage reported on 27 October to a cable fault.
The statement does not establish restoration in Moffat View or across every Moffat circuit.
What City Power has reported
The operator’s statement reports full restoration to the South Hills customers it identifies. It names Moffat Substation as their supply point and gives a cable fault as the cause of the interruption. These are City Power’s reported findings; no independent address-level supply checks are available for this article.
The notice is specific to South Hills. A shared substation name does not establish that customers in every area supplied through Moffat experienced the same fault or have the same supply position. In particular, the South Hills restoration statement does not provide an all-clear for Moffat View or every Moffat circuit.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Restoration area
- South Hills, Johannesburg
- Supply point
- Moffat Substation
- Operator report
- City Power reports full restoration in South Hills
- Reported cause
- Cable fault, according to City Power
- Announcement
- 27 October 2026, 23:15 SAST; exact restoration time unknown
Report time and outage duration
City Power’s statement was published at 23:15 SAST on 27 October, corresponding to 21:15 UTC. That timestamp records the announcement, rather than the exact moment electricity returned. Although the operator says the outage was reported on 27 October, the evidence does not specify its onset or the time restoration was completed.
An affected-customer total is also unavailable, so the report cannot give a customer count or calculate the duration of the interruption. The scope remains the South Hills customers identified in City Power’s notice. The available evidence does not establish the supply position at any particular address, and it provides no basis for extending the restoration statement to neighbouring areas.
Planning for household interruptions
For practical preparation, the grid-down essentials guide covers essential devices and supplies. The runtime calculator helps compare device demand with battery capacity, while the internet backup guide covers connectivity planning. These resources can support household preparation; they do not verify supply at an individual address.